Silas N Wilkinson Born: 27 Aug 1839 Died: 25-Dec-01 Plot:
bur: Danville National Cem Danville-Vermillion Co IL Where born: Posey Co IN Son of: William Wilkinson (18 Dec 1800 SC-5 Feb 1888 Posey buried Liberty Cem m: 10 Sep 1820 Posey Co ) & Mary Miller (1801 NC-1849 Poaey Co IN) Married: 27 Feb 1859 Gibson Co IN Arrilla Creek (ca 1842 IN) Lived at: 1850 Posey Co IN 1860 Eldorado-Saline Co IL 1870 Carmi-White Co IL; 1900 Mt Carmel Children: - Mary Isabelle (6 Jan 1862 IL-26 Apr 1905 Gallatin Co IL m: Thomas Andrew Overton) -
William (ca 1866 IL) -
Laura (ca 1869 IL); Silas enlisted 11 Oct 1861 Rectorville-Saline Co IL; discharged 12 Dec 1864 Nashville TN; Pvt Co I 6th Regiment IL Cavalry res: Gallatin IL after war 1890 Mt Carmel; widowed; son Amos Wilkerson of Texas City IL; admitted 1901 Home for Disabled Soldiers Where died: 25 Dec 1901 Danville- Vermillion Co IL of chronic cystitis -
buried Section 1 Site 135
* indicates buried with Silas N Wilkinson in Sand Hill Cemetery.
About Sand Hill Cemetery:
Sand Hill Cemetery is the oldest large cemetery in Mt Carmel IL, predating Highland Memorial Cemetery and Rose Hill Cemetery. There was no subdivision of lots in Sand Hill Cemetery. People were buried in the order of their death. New burials were prohibited in Sand Hill Cemetery after 1932. Burials: 1254 Location: 730 West 3rd Street, Mt Carmel, Illinois - Wabash County
